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Park Crossing opening season with JD, Lee

Park Crossing quarterback Malik Cunningham looks for a receiver. Park Crossing lost to Bessemer City 28-24 in the first round of high school playoffs on Friday, Nov. 6, 2015, at Cramton Bowl in Montgomery.(Photo: Shannon Heupel/Advertiser)

After two seasons of varsity play, the Park Crossing Thunderbirds will finally play city foes Jeff Davis and Robert E. Lee to open the 2016 football season.

The announcement was made official on Thursday at a meeting with the city public school coaches and athletic directors, along with MPS athletic director Brandon Dean.

Park Crossing will open the season on Thursday, Aug. 18, against Jeff Davis. The Thunderbirds will play the next Thursday, Aug. 25, against Lee.

Park Crossing will continue to play the other two city teams – G.W. Carver and Sidney Lanier – as all three are part of Class 6A, Region 2. Park Crossing is 2-0 against both Carver and Lanier.

“I think it’ll be good excitement for the kids and the community will be fired up about it. It’s a good deal to have all of the teams playing each other,” Park Crossing coach Smitty Grider said. “Sometimes it’s hard to work out because of scheduling and trying to make everything match, and fortunately this year we were able to do that.”